Dropzone.js + Client Side Image Resizing

Question

I want to integrate Dropzone.js with a Client Side Image Resizing. I know that there is a function to resize the thumbnail, but I would like to create a function to resize the main image before upload. Anyone could help me please?

Answer 1

Here's how to do it without uploading file from addedfile.

Important thing is to set autoQueue option to false, that way dropzone will not auto upload files selected by a user.

var dropzone = new Dropzone (".dropzone", {
  ...
  autoQueue: false,
  ...
});

Next step is to do resizing and enqueue resized versions in addedfile event.

dropzone.on("addedfile", function(origFile) {
  var MAX_WIDTH  = 800;
  var MAX_HEIGHT = 600;

  var reader = new FileReader();

  // Convert file to img

  reader.addEventListener("load", function(event) {

    var origImg = new Image();
    origImg.src = event.target.result;

    origImg.addEventListener("load", function(event) {

      var width  = event.target.width;
      var height = event.target.height;


      // Don't resize if it's small enough

      if (width <= MAX_WIDTH && height <= MAX_HEIGHT) {
        dropzone.enqueueFile(origFile);
        return;
      }


      // Calc new dims otherwise

      if (width > height) {
        if (width > MAX_WIDTH) {
          height *= MAX_WIDTH / width;
          width = MAX_WIDTH;
        }
      } else {
        if (height > MAX_HEIGHT) {
          width *= MAX_HEIGHT / height;
          height = MAX_HEIGHT;
        }
      }


      // Resize

      var canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
      canvas.width = width;
      canvas.height = height;

      var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
      ctx.drawImage(origImg, 0, 0, width, height);

      var resizedFile = base64ToFile(canvas.toDataURL(), origFile);


      // Replace original with resized

      var origFileIndex = dropzone.files.indexOf(origFile);
      dropzone.files[origFileIndex] = resizedFile;


      // Enqueue added file manually making it available for
      // further processing by dropzone

      dropzone.enqueueFile(resizedFile);
    });
  });

  reader.readAsDataURL(origFile);
});

Here's a function for converting dataURL to a dropzone file. Process could be simpler if you use canvas.toBlob() instead of canvas.toDataURL(), to get the content of resized file, but latter isn't supported well by all browsers.

It is just modified version of this function.

function base64ToFile(dataURI, origFile) {
  var byteString, mimestring;

  if(dataURI.split(',')[0].indexOf('base64') !== -1 ) {
    byteString = atob(dataURI.split(',')[1]);
  } else {
    byteString = decodeURI(dataURI.split(',')[1]);
  }

  mimestring = dataURI.split(',')[0].split(':')[1].split(';')[0];

  var content = new Array();
  for (var i = 0; i < byteString.length; i++) {
    content[i] = byteString.charCodeAt(i);
  }

  var newFile = new File(
    [new Uint8Array(content)], origFile.name, {type: mimestring}
  );


  // Copy props set by the dropzone in the original file

  var origProps = [ 
    "upload", "status", "previewElement", "previewTemplate", "accepted" 
  ];

  $.each(origProps, function(i, p) {
    newFile[p] = origFile[p];
  });

  return newFile;
}